No. 14 Notre Dame routs Pittsburgh behind Xavier Watts, Audric Estime
Watts had two of Notre Dame’s four interceptions, Estime rushed for 114 yards and three touchdowns and the Fighting Irish overwhelmed Pitt 58-7 on Saturday.
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Watts had two of Notre Dame’s four interceptions, Estime rushed for 114 yards and three touchdowns and the Fighting Irish overwhelmed Pitt 58-7 on Saturday.
Kansas made it two weeks in a row with an unranked team beating a top-10 team, when the Jayhawks knocked No. 6 Oklahoma out of the ranks of the unbeaten Saturday to snap an 18-game losing streak against the Sooners. OU's loss comes a week after then-No. 10 North Carolina lost to Virginia at home, and three days before the first College Football Playoff rankings are released. Before the Tar Heels were tripped up, there hadn't been a top-10 team to lose to an unranked team since Week 1.
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Watts and the Notre Dame defense made life miserable for Pitt quarterback Christian Veilleux, a redshirt sophomore making his third start. The Fighting Irish (7-2) scored 23 points off five Pitt turnovers — including a fumbled punt that Ramon Henderson recovered in the end zone or a touchdown — and have won seven of their past eight meetings with the Panthers (2-6).
By RALPH D. RUSSO The upsets have arrived. Kansas made it two weeks in a row with an unranked team beating a top-10 team, when the Jayhawks knocked No. 6 Oklahoma out of the ranks of the unbeaten Saturday to snap an 18-game losing streak against the Sooners. OU’s loss comes a week after then-No. 10 North Carolina lost to Virginia at home, and three days before the first College Football Playoff rankings are released. Before the Tar Heels were tripped up, there hadn’t been a top-10 loss to an unranked team since Week 1. Kansas’ upset wasn’t as stunning of Virginia̵...